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-liave invented a certain new-and useful Com- Eraser; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompa.`

-bined pencil-point protector and pencil mark .eraser attached toa pencil, and showingl the slit inthe metallic sleeveor band. Fig. 2 is a-viewjotthecombi-ncd pencil-point pretectorevi vil-mark eraser in its place.. Fig. 4 is a longi vtudina'l section of the. combined pencil-point pencil-point in place.

-andready for use.

or band B has a slit, D, running' its entire,

JAMES B. nonesrtrmqormzvv YORK, N. Y.

PENeIL-POINT PROTECTOR AND1 MARKER/tesa.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 6,358, dated February 14, 1865.v

To all whom it may conc-ern: y

Beit known that I, JAMES B. HonGsKrN, ot' the city, county, and State of New York,

elasticityl of the metal always holding it in place securely. Said band vor sleeve B is also furnished with claws E, for .the purpose of holding the eraser C in position. f

'F is a groove or depression, formed around .the sleeve or `band B at such al distance below the lower end ofthe eraser C thatwhen the further advance of the pencil within the sleeve bi ned Pen cil-Point Protector and Pencil-Mark nying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in whichf Figure 1 is a perspective view of the corn. the wood of the pencil strikingagainstathe inward projection of the depression or groove contact with the eraser C, thus protecting the it might have'been exposed it' thel point had been allowed to rest against orto penetrate thelower en d of the eraser U.-

and' pencilanarkgeraser detached from the pe'iicil., Fig.'3 is a top view of the sleeveor band, showing the claws for holding the pen- 'the following: It preserves thepoint of the vpencil from being accidentally broken o' when' the pencil is not in use, and when removed from the point and placed upon the other end ot' the pencil it is always ready and convenient protector and pencil-mark eraser, showing thel My` invention consists in combining' a pen! cil-point protector and a pencil-mark eraser in such a way that-When a pencil with my invention attached is carriedin thepocket or otherwise the point may be protected from accidtntal breakage, and when the'pencilis in use the sleeve o'rlband, vby beiine; placed upon] theother end. of the pencil,'forrns a convenient eraser for pencil-marks, always vat'hand that may require to be removed.

Icl'alm-V I Thepencil-.point protector and pencil-mark B, provided withl an inwardly-projecting projections, with the rubber era'ser C, substantially as herein described', as a new article of manufacture.

- A is an ordinary pencil.

B is the metallic sleeve or band which sur rounds and'protects the point o the pencil when said pencil is not lin use, and et the same time holds the rubber eraser O. Said sleeve length, which allows the. sleeve or bandito JAMEs.T .gGRHAM.

-.adapt itself to pencils lof various sizes, the" or band :is obstructed by the inclinedend ot' F/ fthe point of the pencil shall be free from --poin t fro rn' anyliabil-ity. to .bebrokea'tosch ich`` lAmong the advantages of this invention xare for use as aneraser to erase/any pencil-marks eraser, Inadeby combining the sleeveorband groove, or equivalent internal projection or 

